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03:01 shrysr asciilifeform: thanks.. that was interesting. his website theme was weird... but I liked his start up notes on gpg
03:02 shrysr somehow, I've not been able to comfortably remember the gpg commands, but in emacs, i can easily use the key I want to encrypt and decrypt files. Much faster overall.
03:04 * shrysr finds the whole btcbase log concept very interesting.
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05:09 diana_coman shrysr: http://younghands.club/wp-login.php lol
05:10 diana_coman the conversations in chan here are logged and the log will be made public, yes; similarly to the other chans' logs
05:11 diana_coman go ahead with those definitions then, let's see how well they actually work in practice
05:12 diana_coman re gpg - you can wire it up any way you want ofc but do note that if you lose (as in: someone else gains access to) your private key, you are effectively dead.
05:16 diana_coman shrysr: to put the "want-you-don't-want" in context perhaps, here: http://trilema.com/2014/that-aint-the-maslow-pyramid-yo/
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11:33 shrysr ahhh... i recalled vaguely about the /wp-login. All the random options I tried yesterday were wrong lol.
11:38 shrysr diana_coman: oh wow.... that still feels frightening, to have a public log of this channel. For eg, if my boss comes across me saying I'm trying to break into data science... and my comments about the computer literacy and town and etc. It's not like these are strictly objective views or even 'researched'.
11:42 diana_coman shrysr: but so what exactly?
11:42 diana_coman for one thing, the internet IS a public place, you know?
11:42 diana_coman there is no "private" on the internet, esp not at this sort "we hide here and nobody will hear what we say"
11:43 diana_coman anyway, out of curiosity, what do you get paid there? (and why is data science such a bugaboo for your boss anyway?)
11:43 shrysr I was thinking this is also atleast one source of the concern behind unfiltered publishibng on my blog too. i.e publishing something short sighted, or plain wrong... etc etc.
11:43 diana_coman but so what, you are not allowed to be wrong now?
11:44 diana_coman ofc they *are* your own personal views, not some magical/universal truths
11:44 shrysr I am...what about keeping my mouth shut untill I actually know something beyond resonable doubt ?
11:44 diana_coman or what, are you considered some saint around there?
11:44 diana_coman well, you'll keep your mouth shut forever like that
11:45 shrysr No saint at all !
11:45 diana_coman think of it this way: would you suggest children should not talk at all until they actually know something beyond reasonable doubt?
11:46 diana_coman btw if your pay etc is "secret" fine this instance - do me a favour and send it encrypted to my key so it stays private
11:48 diana_coman otherwise: sure, qualify your opinions and make clear your assumptions and line of thought etc; but don't shrink from *saying* what you think - after all, how else will you get to find out how much you are right and how much wrong
11:50 shrysr no.. imposing a no talking constraint on children doesnt make sense. How about listen more, talk less ? I guess it depends on what you get listen then.
11:50 diana_coman that certainly.
11:52 diana_coman do realise that the issue here is not the "oh, but it's public" - that part should not really matter, not like it's fine to be dumb as long as nobody sees it.
11:54 diana_coman (and yes, occasionally and no matter how much you guard against it, you *will* still do a dumb thing anyway - so learn to live with it)
11:54 diana_coman nobody's exempt from doing the dumb thing at times
11:55 diana_coman shrysr: did you log in to the blog?
11:55 diana_coman what's your plan ?
12:02 shrysr rofl - my salary figure is unlikely to be worth encrypting, but I'd like to do it for practice... I wil send it across. As such, it's not like all of me wants to hide. I think I'm conflicted between hiding selectively, and its connected both to the desire of not talking non sense, and to the desire of being viewed 'knowledgable'. At the same time, I'm aware of that a different level of refinement is
12:02 shrysr possible by talking to people... not even necessarily smart. That being said, i've still felt alienated from most of the ppl i talk to, and that has pushed me to further towards isolation.
12:07 diana_coman hiding (and esp selective hiding) is a burden that is neither healthy nor something you actually afford to carry really; as for desire of being viewed one way or another - what others "view" is entirely on them, not on you and it's not something you'll ever be able to control anyway (it's not worth it either, fwiw)
12:10 shrysr my plan is to start blogging with an 'updated' spirit or perspective along the lines of your advice. Preferably a daily log of what I've done / learnt. Free form and minimal editing. I had planned to start on the younghands blog, but also work on setting up my vps as well, based off wordpress and eventually migrate when things are satisfactory.
12:11 shrysr I am yet to login. BRB
12:12 diana_coman shrysr: that still sounds rather foggy; how about this: since you know some python, get v.py (asciilifeform's implementation of V) and review it as your first task; this means: go through it line by line as many times as you need until you can fully explain what is going on in there exactly and why
12:13 diana_coman blog your progress following this pattern: first make a plan e.g. you'll think it will take you that much and you plan to start with this bit/that approach; report then daily what you did and how it went and/or if you need to adjust your plan
12:13 diana_coman any questions there?
12:16 shrysr That sounds good to me, and I am quite curious about V as well. No questions right now.
12:18 diana_coman cool; speak up here if anything.
12:19 shrysr yes boss :)
12:19 diana_coman heh
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12:44 shrysr 50k a year onlyyyy before tax.
12:45 shrysr diana_coman: thats what I make.
12:48 shrysr diana_coman: I agree the burden is not healthy. I have not been sucessful in weeding it out of me. Maybe I have not thought deeply enough to finger the source(s) of this behavior.
12:49 shrysr diana_coman: I just logged in to young hands. I was thinking - I should make a daily blog, but separate posts on different topics, so I can tag them appropriately.
12:51 shrysr diana_coman: I don't want to hide... but i also worry that giving people information about me, gives them power over me, and that irrespective of whether a person would or not take advantage > eventually at some point, an opportunity arises for ppl to take advantage, and they often do.
13:02 diana_coman shrysr: the power over you is a different issue, not addressed by hiding / not based on information really; work on being less under the power of others if you want, but that's nothing to do with hiding.
13:03 diana_coman shrysr: use the proper terminology so you don't confuse yourself: the blog is the whole thing; each thing you publish is a post (or article)
13:03 diana_coman you have your own category so there is that but if you want to use then different tags, go ahead, sure
13:04 diana_coman as for "people formulate opinions" - sure they do, so what? what's that to do with you now? what, if I "formulate opinion" that Shreeyas is a cabbage, do you start sprouting leaves now?
13:06 shrysr diana_coman: I don't want to care abt the opinions.. but these have a way of creeping up in conversations in some kind of insulting / incorrect insinuation, undermining say the good parts. Lets say You are not the type to formulate opinions and allow them to influence decisions about me with no real basis.... but the 'human' part of you means that you could be thinking differently an hour from now ?
13:07 diana_coman shrysr: the question is how does exactly *my* change do anything to *you*?
13:09 diana_coman if you care about an opinion, the reason usually is because it touches some nerve somewhere - so look inside you and see where and why, first of all; but the only things under your control are always inside you, not outside
13:11 diana_coman it is also true that some "people" will sprout "opinions" all the time and on anything and with about as much meaning as the wind but then you know, stop talking to such "people", it's unhealthy
13:19 shrysr hmm.. is caring about others opinion the same as wanting to cultivate a specific 'reputation' ?
13:34 shrysr diana_coman: re: terminology - noted. I meant to say : rather than a single daily post with different topics as sub headings, I'm planning to start with tagged, separate posts. Then both the tags and the post date could be used to filter + review progress and focus on specific areas.
13:35 diana_coman shrysr: you can do that, yes; just make sure you don't end up with such a complicated "system" that you don't have any time left for the actual writing and work otherwise
13:37 diana_coman shrysr: hmm.. is caring about others opinion the same as wanting to cultivate a specific 'reputation' ? - well, add it to your to-do-list: write a post contrasting those two and try to identify how do they differ exactly?
13:38 shrysr :D ok
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14:07 shrysr diana_coman: is it me - or does it take several seconds for the page loads while logged in to WP
14:08 shrysr diana_coman: re: complex system: yes.. that sounds like what I do with Emacs. BUt it works ! It saves a lot of time after initial setup pains.
14:10 shrysr btw: where are you from ... both of you?
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14:54 diana_coman shrysr: which both? lol
14:55 diana_coman I'm Romanian, currently in the UK; the site/pizarro is hosted in Uruguay
14:58 diana_coman shrysr: re complex system, note that I said simply to make sure that the work gets done, that's all; if it works, good.
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16:02 shrysr diana_coman: I meant yourself and asciilifeform
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16:53 shrysr diana_coman: how did you create a link to the encrypted message when you shared my login details?
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17:10 shrysr diana_coman: https://pastebin.com/QnwGKDjT
17:11 shrysr got your key from deedbot and thats my first message !yay
17:12 shrysr i also got some gpg concepts cleared in #gnupg... it was excellent.
17:13 shrysr I think since coming on to IRC and this channel, I feel like I've learnt more in a week than a long time. hehe
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20:13 shrysr diana_coman: you know I have to zoom to 140% to be able to comfortably read your blog , as well as trilema
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21:18 shrysr http://btcbase.org/log/2019-07-18#1923372 : just wanted to say, i am 31
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21:43 shrysr asciilifeform: / diana_coman: what is the best way to get familiar with the logs? search for terms as they come up?
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